This week’s edition of WWE Monday Night Raw saw its ratings increase. According to Brandon Thurston of WrestleNomics, the episode drew an average of 1.766 million viewers on the USA Network, which is up from the 1.613 million viewers last week. The 18-49 demo saw the average rating be 0.46, up from the 0.43 rating last week.
Last year’s Royal Rumble go-home show for Raw drew an average of 1.819 million viewers and did 0.52 key demo rating. The 18-49 demos saw hour one had 0.45 then 0.47 in hour two, and 0.47 in hour three. Here is the hourly viewership breakdown:
Hour 1 (8 pm): 1.822 million – last week: 1.734
Hour 2 (9 pm): 1.882 million – last week: 1.650
Hour 3 (10 pm): 1.594 million – last week: 1.456
The show was expected to be up this week as it was the final Raw before the Royal Rumble and didn’t have to go up any football competition. Last week it went up against the NFL playoff game between the Rams and Cardinals that did 23 million viewers while the week before they had to face the college football game between Georgia and Alabama on ESPN that did over 22 million viewers.
Raw ranked #1 in the top 150 shows on cable for the night, which up from the #6 ranking last week. Here is a list of total viewership and the key demo rating that Raw has done over the last year:
1/4/21: 2,128,000 viewers – 0.68 key demo rating
1/11/21: 1,819,000 viewers – 0.55 key demo rating
1/18/21: 1,854,000 viewers – 0.60 key demo rating
1/25/21: 1,819,000 viewers – 0.52 key demo rating
2/1/21: 1,892,000 viewers – 0.58 key demo rating
2/8/21: 1,715,000 viewers – 0.49 key demo rating
2/15/21: 1,810,000 viewers – 0.57 key demo rating
2/22/21: 1,889,000 viewers – 0.57 key demo rating
3/1/21: 1,884,000 viewers – 0.58 key demo rating
3/8/21: 1,897,000 viewers – 0.55 key demo rating
3/15/21: 1,847,000 viewers – 0.56 key demo rating
3/22/21: 1,816,000 viewers – 0.53 key demo rating
3/29/21: 1,701,000 viewers – 0.56 key demo rating
4/5/21: 1,701,000 viewers – 0.52 key demo rating
4/12/21: 2,026,000 viewers – 0.68 key demo rating
4/19/21: 1,907,000 viewers – 0.61 key demo rating
4/26/21: 1,774,000 viewers – 0.49 key demo rating
5/3/21: 1,872,000 viewers – 0.53 key demo rating
5/10/21: 1,817,000 viewers – 0.53 key demo rating
5/17/21: 1,823,000 viewers – 0.48 key demo rating
5/24/21: 1,621,000 viewers – 0.45 key demo rating
5/31/21: 1,557,000 viewers – 0.44 key demo rating
6/7/2021: 1,640,000 viewers – 0.48 key demo rating
6/14/2021: 1,742,000 viewers – 0.49 key demo rating – go-home Hell in a Cell show
6/21/2021: 1,719,000 viewers – 0.49 key demo rating – post-Hell in a Cell show
6/28/2021: 1,570,000 viewers – 0.41 key demo rating
7/5/2021: 1,472,000 viewers – 0.41 key demo rating – new all-time low viewership
7/12/2021: 1,609,000 viewers – 0.43 key demo rating – go-home Money in the Bank show (final ThunderDome show)
7/19/2021: 1,923,000 viewers – 0.57 key demo rating – Money in the Bank fall out and first show with fans back
7/26/2021: 1,814,000 viewers – 0.49 key demo rating
8/2/2021: 1,821,000 viewers – 0.51 key demo rating
8/9/2021: 1,790,000 viewers – 0.49 key demo rating
8/16/21: 1,857,000 viewers – 0.55 key demo rating
8/23/21: 2,067,000 viewers – 0.64 key demo rating
8/30/21: 1,907,000 viewers – 0.54 key demo rating
9/6/21: 1,849,000 viewers – 0.52 key demo rating
9/13/21: 1,670,000 viewers – 0.43 key demo rating
9/20/21: 1,793,000 viewers – 0.49 key demo rating – Extreme Rules go-home show
9/27/21: 1,709,000 viewers – 0.48 key demo rating – post Extreme Rules show
10/4/21: 1,857,000 viewers – 0.52 key demo rating – night 2 of the Draft
10/11/21: 1,582,000 viewers – 0.42 key demo rating
10/18/21: 1,593,000 viewers – 0.39 key demo rating – Crown Jewel go-home show
10/25/21: 1,658,000 viewers – 0.47 key demo rating
11/1/21: 1,689,000 viewers – 0.47 key demo rating
11/8/21: 1,549,000 viewers – 0.40 key demo rating
11/15/21: 1,584,000 viewers – 0.42 key demo rating – Survivor Series go-home show
11/22/21: 1,699,000 viewers – 0.49 key demo rating – Survivor Series fallout
11/29/21: 1,678,000 viewers – 0.45 key demo rating
12/6/21: 1,599,000 viewers – 0.35 key demo rating
12/13/21: 1,573,000 viewers – 0.39 key demo rating
12/20/21: 1,553,000 viewers – 0.38 key demo rating
12/27/21: 1,593,000 viewers – 0.41 key demo rating – Day 1 go-home show
1/3/22: 1,716,000 viewers – 0.45 key demo rating – Day 1 fallout
1/10/22: 1,632,000 viewers – 0.39 key demo rating
1/17/22: 1,613,000 viewers – 0.43 key demo rating
1/24/22: 1,766,000 viewers – 0.46 key demo rating – Royal Rumble go-home show
